{"id":56363,"date":"2020-03-02T11:08:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T05:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=56363"},"modified":"2020-03-02T11:09:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T05:39:06","slug":"answered-discuss-various-reasons-for-shortage-of-doctors-per-capita-in-india-especially-in-rural-areas-discuss-its-impact-on-healthcare-delivery-in-india","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-discuss-various-reasons-for-shortage-of-doctors-per-capita-in-india-especially-in-rural-areas-discuss-its-impact-on-healthcare-delivery-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Discuss various reasons for shortage of doctors per capita in India especially in rural areas. Discuss its impact on healthcare delivery in India."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n Demand of the question<\/strong>\n Introduction.\n <\/strong>Contextual introduction.\n Body.\n <\/strong>Discuss various reasons for shortage of doctors\n in India. Discuss its impact on healthcare delivery.\n Conclusion.\n <\/strong>Way forward.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

India has only 10 lakh registered doctors\nto cater to 1.3 billion citizens. While urban areas have 58% qualified doctors,\nin rural areas the number is as low as 18.8%. There is one government doctor\nfor every 10,189 people according to WHO against the recommended ratio of\n1:1,000. This has hampered healthcare delivery in India especially in rural\nareas leading to bad healthcare situation in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reasons\nfor shortage of doctors per capita in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Less intake: <\/strong>There are fewer medical education institutes across the nation.  Further,\nthese institutes are mostly private which have a high amount of fees. Also intake in these institutions are\nless. <\/li>
  2. Lack of incentives: <\/strong>While India has one of the largest medical education\nsystems and reputed institutions such as AIIMS, doctors are not willing to\nserve in rural areas, many of which are still difficult to access and lack\nelectricity. There is poor availability of doctors to\nthe majority of the population living in rural areas.<\/li>
  3. Emigration: <\/strong>Many of the doctors trained in India do not stay here due\nto better standard of lives and better income in other nations. Most of the\ndoctors move to the UK, USA,\nand Australia to settle there.<\/li>
  4. Low healthcare spending: <\/strong>India\u2019s government spends only 1% of GDP on\nhealth. Thus the healthcare\nsystem suffers from lack of staff, poor infrastructure etc. This has also led to\na lesser number of hospitals and institutions for\nmedical education.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Its\nimpact on healthcare delivery in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Overburdened Doctors: <\/strong>Due to a\ndisproportionate Doctor-patient ratio, a\nlimited number of doctors, nurses and medical staff\nhave to cater to a large number of patients. This leads to hospitals which are overcrowded and staff are\noverworked.<\/li>
    2. Quacks: <\/strong>The shortage of trained doctors has led to a proliferation\nof unqualified quacks. Just 19% of people in rural India who call themselves\ndoctors actually have a medical degree. These quacks are usually trained in\nalternative remedies, such as homeopathy, but advertise themselves as qualified\nmedical professionals to patients desperately seeking help.<\/li>
    3. Risk of epidemic: <\/strong>India suffers from lack of doctors and clinics, especially\nin rural areas and in case of epidemics and diseases like tuberculosis. Thus\npatients are either never diagnosed or diagnosed too late.<\/li>
    4. Unaffordable healthcare: <\/strong>The large number of people still living below\nthe poverty line in India. Lack of doctors leads to costly services by private practitioners who exploit\nthe market for their profits.<\/li>
    5. Antibiotic resistance: <\/strong>A shortage of healthcare professionals in\nIndia is hampering access to lifesaving antibiotics and contributing to a rise\nin antibiotic resistance. Due to lack of medicine it has hampered the\nantibiotic course of the patients.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Way\nforward: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Motivation: <\/strong>Medical institutions should motivate the upcoming doctors\nto provide their education and services in rural parts of the country as well\nas remind them that the profession revolves around saving lives.<\/li>
      2. Spending: <\/strong>Rural areas should have access to easy travel and help\npatients get to hospitals for betterment and cure. If a city is too far, then\nthere should be smaller hospital branches\/health centres well equipped to\nhandle emergencies. For this, more spending on healthcare is needed.<\/li>
      3. More medical institutes: <\/strong>Government should target to open more medical\ninstitutes across the nation. Effort must be made to have at least one\ninstitution in every district. <\/li>
      4. Bridge courses: <\/strong>Government proposal of bridge course needs to be implemented. It can help in\nplugging doctor shortage effectively with a proper worked out course.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Shortage of doctors need government efforts\nespecially regarding spending on healthcare. Without sufficient manpower,\nhealthcare continues to suffer. Initiatives like Ayushman Bharat can\u2019t be\nsuccessful with insufficient number of doctors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual introduction. Body. Discuss various reasons for shortage of doctors in India. Discuss its impact on healthcare delivery. Conclusion. Way forward. India has only 10 lakh registered doctors to cater to 1.3 billion citizens. While urban areas have 58% qualified doctors, in rural areas the number is as low as… Continue reading [Answered] Discuss various reasons for shortage of doctors per capita in India especially in rural areas. Discuss its impact on healthcare delivery in India.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56363","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}